do you feel safe walking alone in the dark with headphones on? why or why not?

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1. When I lived in America?

   Fuck no

   In my new country?

   Fuck yes, it’s insanely safe here, trained professional police and guards everywhere, little to no crime, everywhere is lit up, I go jogging at 3 AM all the time through the city with headphones on, feel safe as can be.

2. About as safe as I do during the day. Which is to say, I’m not particularly concerned about something happening but it doesn’t mean that I’m not aware that something *could*. I work closing shift at one of my jobs, opening shift at the other, and sometimes early opening shift at the one I close at. I’m out and about in the dark pretty often, never really felt unsafe.

3. no! regardless of how ‘safe’ your country is, you are walking bait in that scenario.

4. It totally depends on where I am. I’ve lived in neighborhoods where I could walk home alone at bar time, half-drunk, and be perfectly safe, and I’ve lived in neighborhoods where I try to be in before dark.

5. I don’t feel safe walking alone in the daylight with headphones in.

6. Yes.
   I’m in Germany, and I don’t mind walking around the city at night. Even the headphones are okay, but I reduce the volume and watch my surroundings.
   It’s pretty safe over here and I never ran into issues.

   I’m living in a so called Brennpunkt, a city with terrible reputation. And still always been safe.

   I like walking around in the woods at night too.

7. Yes. I’ve personally never had a problem where I live and I’m not worried that’ll change.

8. Yes. I’m safer an night stripped naked in a park than I would be at home with a man.

9. I feel safest with my AirPods in transparent mode and not playing music so I give off a “leave me alone” vibe from my appearance, but also being able to hear and know what’s going on around me.

10. Yeah, I do. I live in England and can’t think of a time when I didn’t feel safe. I’ve always walked home from a night out at like 3/4am with no problems.

11. With headphones: no. fwiw I don’t feel particularly safe walking w/ headphones in during daylight as well….not bcuz of bad neighborhood, more cuz of the rabies infested stray dogs all around

    Without headphones: yes

12. I usually just use one side and I feel fine but it depends where I am. Some places I would want to be alone after dark period